In what is a 'rags to riches' story, Chanda Zaveri fled from the pressures of getting married at 17 and returned home 30 years later as a millionaire. Born in a conservative Marwari family, her mother wanted to force her into a marriage that she did not want and a life that she did not choose.
A man who turned the other cheek when a homeless man in Bradford, England shouted racist slurs at him has since helped his abuser find a home and work.
India's Tata Motors has unveiled what is being called the world's cheapest car — the $2,500 4-person Nano.
A 20-year-old college student is improving the lives of thousands of people in India with a simple, energy efficient solution.
Perhaps we can take a lesson from the innovative entrepreneurs of India when it comes to recycling plastics. Alka is the inventor of a process that clears our environment of plastic waste, creates a million jobs in waste management, adds useful, profitable bi-products, like fuel, to our economy and makes India a technology leader in taming plastics.
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The Obama administration placed lions on the Endangered Species List to curtail the loss of animals due to American sport hunters traveling to Africa.
A simple hashtag is uniting thousands of people in a flooded city while showcasing humanity at its best.
Bhagwati Agrawal tapped a "river from the sky" to supply water year-round to 10,000 people in the driest part of India.
Kids were dropping out of school in Mumbai rather than wade through a polluted stream each day, until a hero teen built a bridge to keep them safe and educated.
This is the most genius idea to come out of the kitchen since silly straws.
This man rode a second-hand bicycle 4,000 miles through 10 countries to reunite with the woman he loved.
A court decision has greatly expanded women's rights in India, allowing them to make family business, property, and inheritance decisions.
This record-setting crocheted blanket would cover two football fields with plenty of wool left over, and will now warm thousands of needy people.
Since its inception in 1999, the Hole-in-the-Wall project has grown from a single computer at Kalkaji, New Delhi to more than a hundred computers in impoverished villages across India.
A 44-year-old stranger from Dubai traveled all the way to Gujarat, India to donate his stem cells to a seven-year-old, becoming her knight in shining armor.
Gaurang Damani complained so often about the dirt and stench in a Mumbai train station that Central Railway finally let him adopt it. It is now unrecognizable.
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